Friday, July 29, 2011

Why Google wants your real name

Why Google cares if you use your real name

There’s a very simple business reason why Google cares if they have your real name. It means it’s possible to cross-relate your account with your buying behavior with their partners, who might be banks, retailers, supermarkets, hospitals, airlines. To connect with your use of cell phones that might be running their mobile operating system. To provide identity in a commerce-ready way. And to give them information about what you do on the Internet, without obfuscation of pseudonyms.

Simply put, a real name is worth more than a fake one.

Wild Indeed!

Friday, July 15, 2011

You're no daisy!

"I beg to differ sir... We started a game we never got to finish..." - Doc Holliday

http://goo.gl/5DXUs

Thursday, July 14, 2011

Vasona Park

Oak Meadow Park and Vasona Park are next door neighbors, located on the Los Gatos Creek in Los Gatos, CA. It's located 51 miles south of San Francisco, and 10 miles Southwest of San Jose, right off the the 85 Freeway.

There's lots to like about this park. The creek is wonderful, the Vasona Resevoir and the pedestrian bridge that crosses it, tons of resident ducks and geese, as well as a breeding colony of Blue Herons that nest there in the late winter. The playground equipment for the kids and the meadows you can rent for larger groups. It's all wonderful, but of all of it our favorite feature of the park is the Billy Jones Wildcat Railroad.

Pawlenty on being gay: Is it a choice?

Pawlenty was interviewed last Sunday by David Gregory on Meet the Press. One of the questions he was asked was if he thinks being gay is a choice.

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Unlimited campaign contributions who?

‎"Knock, knock." -- Stephen Colbert.
(Who's there?)
"Unlimited union and corporate campaign contributions."
(Unlimited union and corporate campaign contributions who?)
"That's the thing. I don't think I should have to tell you."